FACES of NEWTOWN 2005

Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists Portrait Exhibition September 1-30, 2005

CSOPA ARTIST'S-SAMPLE-INVOICE PAGE

To help our participating artists be prepared for for the sale of their portrait, we recommend you have the following with you from your very first meeting with your model. (Remember, at no time should your volunteer be pressured to buy! )

* Your portrait portfolio, business cards, and a pre-printed price list to be used as a guideline.

* Blank invoices with your business name, address, and phone number.

* Donation instruction letter. This will be emailed to you with your final match announcement. It will include charitable status statement and where to send their check for 10% of original selling price payable to "Booth Library." (The library will issue their own receipt for tax purposes.)

Paula Stephan

Booth Library

25 Main Street

Newtown, CT 06470

* A calculator and, of course, a pen!

Note: Please inform CSOPA of any sale. We will advise the Booth library and they can track the patron donation which is a REQUIREMENT this sale. CSOPA will invoice each artist that sells for a VOLUNTARY donation with 10% recommended.

SAMPLE INVOICE                                                   Inv. #10119 (example)

YOUR NAME (OR COMPANY NAME)

YOUR ADDRESS

DATE: ____________________________

SOLD TO: CLIENT NAME/ADDRESS/PHONE/EMAIL

Projected completion date (allow enough time! DEADLINE IS AUG 25, 2005)____________

___________________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTIONAMOUNT

Portrait size, medium$10,000 (example)

Less client commitment to donate 10% to Booth Library                          - 1,000

                                                                                                          

Sale amount                                                                                        $9,000

6% CT Sales Tax                                                                                    +540

Amount payable to artist                                                         $9,540

Deposit Amount  Received                                                                   -$4,770

Balance due on completion                                                                    $4,770

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__________________________________        ____________________________________

Artist's signature          Date                           Client signature                  Date

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Notes:

Additional fees and services not directly a part of the portrait - such as framing  - may be billed separately on your own terms.

CSOPA strongly discourages artists from selling their photo studies and preliminary drawings as this is considered unprofessional. Such sales would also be subject to donation and tax structure above.

Future sales of this portrait or of portraits gained from this event through September of 2006  are subject to commission donation stucture above. Honor system rules.

Thank you for participating and good luck!

Questions?

and a CSOPA

officer will reply.

This page was last updated: March 24, 2005